Emery Waterhouse Co. v. Lea

DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

The defendants, Gilbert Lea and Emery Associates, were the owners respectively of adjacent buildings on Middle Street, in Portland, Lea owning two of the buildings identified, for purposes of convenience, as buildings # 1 and # 2, while buildings # 3 and # 4 were owned by Emery Associates, hereinafter referred to as the Associates. The Associates had leased from Lea the first and second floors of building # 2 together with part of the basement, and had in turn subleased the same to the plaintiff, The Emery Waterhouse Company (Emery Waterhouse). Emery…